I've had pretty severe palytoxin poisoning before. Bc my 180g DT is 95% palys and zoas
I'm not sure the event causes of your house illnesses but one paly polyp in a powerhead being cleaned shouldn't effect anyone unless you stood over the powerhead breathing everything in. But every situation is different. So NOT doubting your story
Im a stupid stupid man, who scrubbed over 200-300 palys from LRs with a toothbrush with my bare arms in the tank. All bc i didnt want green palys anymore.
I NOW DESTROY UNWANTED PALYS IN-TANK BY COVERING COATING THEM WITH A HOMEMADE KALK PASTE. THE 40+dKH PASTE CHEMICALLY BURNS THEM OVER 48HRS
My symptoms:
* rapid heartbeat
* throat and chest CLOSED up making it feel like breathing thru a straw
* extreme tiredness
* headache
Symptoms lasted 4-5 days but symptoms got better each day. NEVER felt like I was gonna die, just sick. I've had much worse bouts of the Flu
Idk what to tell you if s single polyp being ground thru a powerhead would make an entire household sick. During my toothbrush scrubbing episode NO ONE in my house was effect at all but myself....
I've since handled palys and been touched by the slimecoat but always immediately wash my hands and no further incident have ever happened since the stupid scrubbing incident
Palytoxin is like working a chainsaw. You must deeply respect both. But people totally flipping out bc they touched a paly colony is phobic to me. But each his own
I frag palys all the time gloveless bc I need the dexterity to frag. I know to avoid the polyp squirting juice in my face. And to minimize touching the slimecoat
I touch palys all the time while fragging but use caution and always wash hands immediately afterwards.
Where palys get dangerous is when they are scrubbed or any activity where they a slimeup with a release of defense toxins.
But palys in your tank, undisturbed are beautiful to watch grow and are safe to keep. I would say you're a 1,000,000 times more likely to die in a house fire than die keeping palys
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I'm not sure the event causes of your house illnesses but one paly polyp in a powerhead being cleaned shouldn't effect anyone unless you stood over the powerhead breathing everything in. But every situation is different. So NOT doubting your story
Im a stupid stupid man, who scrubbed over 200-300 palys from LRs with a toothbrush with my bare arms in the tank. All bc i didnt want green palys anymore.
I NOW DESTROY UNWANTED PALYS IN-TANK BY COVERING COATING THEM WITH A HOMEMADE KALK PASTE. THE 40+dKH PASTE CHEMICALLY BURNS THEM OVER 48HRS
My symptoms:
* rapid heartbeat
* throat and chest CLOSED up making it feel like breathing thru a straw
* extreme tiredness
* headache
Symptoms lasted 4-5 days but symptoms got better each day. NEVER felt like I was gonna die, just sick. I've had much worse bouts of the Flu
Idk what to tell you if s single polyp being ground thru a powerhead would make an entire household sick. During my toothbrush scrubbing episode NO ONE in my house was effect at all but myself....
I've since handled palys and been touched by the slimecoat but always immediately wash my hands and no further incident have ever happened since the stupid scrubbing incident
Palytoxin is like working a chainsaw. You must deeply respect both. But people totally flipping out bc they touched a paly colony is phobic to me. But each his own
I frag palys all the time gloveless bc I need the dexterity to frag. I know to avoid the polyp squirting juice in my face. And to minimize touching the slimecoat
I touch palys all the time while fragging but use caution and always wash hands immediately afterwards.
Where palys get dangerous is when they are scrubbed or any activity where they a slimeup with a release of defense toxins.
But palys in your tank, undisturbed are beautiful to watch grow and are safe to keep. I would say you're a 1,000,000 times more likely to die in a house fire than die keeping palys
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